Molecular Biology of Fungal Development

608pp, illustrated  ISBN 0824707443      £152.00

Providing an overview of the fundamental aspects of molecular fungal development, this book covers different elements in the maturational and reproductive cycles of selected fungal taxa. Illustrating various molecular pathways in parasites and hosts, the book explores the development of interventional strategies for combating disease. Highlights include discussions of pseudohyphal yeast growth, hyphal tip growth and genetic control of hyphae fusion, genetic control of aging, spore death, control of the generation of vegetative and sexual reproductive units, symbiotic interactions of fungi with the roots of higher plants, and parasitic interactions of fungi with both plants and animals.

Contents

• Pseudohyphal Growth in Yeast, H.-U. Mösch
• Hyphal Tip Growth: Outstanding Questions, S. Bartnicki-García
• Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans, R. Fischer
• Senescence in Podospora anserine, H.D. Osiewacz and C.Q. Scheckhuber
• Vegetative Incompatibility in Filamentous Ascomycetes, N.L. Glass and S.J. Saupe
• Vegetative Development in Coprinus cinereus, U. Kües, E. Polak, A.P.F. Bottoli, M. Hollenstein, P.J. Walser, R.P. Boulianne, R. Hermann, and M. Aebi
• Blue Light Perception and Signal Transduction in Neurospora crassa, H. Linden
• Circadian Rhythms in Neurospora crassa, D. Bell-Pedersen
• Sexual Development in Ascomycetes: Fruit Body Formation of Aspergillus nidulans, G.H. Braus, S. Krappmann, and S.E. Eckert
• Sexual Development in Basidiomycetes, E. Kothe
• Spore Killers: Meiotic Drive Elements That Distort Genetic Ratios, N.B. Raju
• Living Together Underground: A Molecular Glimpse of the Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis, S. Duplessis, D. Tagu, and F. Martin
• Development and Molecular Biology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, P. Franken, G. Kuhn, and V. Gianinazzi-Pearson
• Pathogenic Development in Ustilago maydis: A Progression of Morphological Transitions That Results in Tumor Formation and Teliospore Production, F. Banuett
• Pathogenic Development in Magnaporthe grisea, F.A. Tenjo and J.E. Hamer
• Pathogenic Development of Claviceps purpurea, B. Oeser, K.B. Tenberge, S.M. Moore, M. Mihlan, P.M. Heidrich, and P. Tudzynski
• Hypovirulence, H. Bertrand and D. Baidyaroy
• Pathogenic Development of Candida albicans, D. Herman and R. Calderone
• Cryptococcus neoformans as a Model Fungal Pathogen, K.B. Lengeler and J. Heitman
• Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenicity of Aspergillus fumigatus, A.A. Brakhage and B. Jahn
• Index